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Key support for Junior Doctors from Clinical Key

 Make informed, confident clinical decisions with support from Clinical Key.

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Clinical Key is a clinical search engine giving you access to a wide range of full-text, evidence-based, up-to-date information. Clinical Key is provided by the Library Service for staff at UHNM.

Point of Care

Use the smart search engine to quickly access clinical overviews, NICE guidelines and BNF / BNFc to deliver point of care diagnosis, treatment and after care for your patients. Download the mobile app so that you have quick answers to clinical questions to support ward rounds and case meetings.

Professional Development

Take advantage of the advanced features to continue your professional development. Use Clinical Key to:

  • Search the latest published research
  • Save and share articles
  • Set up alerts on key journals
  • Create presentations
  • Earn CME credit

How to Access

Clinical Key is available to UHMN staff, via NHS OpenAthens login

  1. Go to Clinical Key
  2. Log in with you NHS OpenAthens username
  3. Activate your account to access advanced features.

You can find all NHS resources listed on our web page

More Help

For more help using Clinical Key:

Find out more about NHS OpenAthens from our web page

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